For food and beverage plants
Calibration software for food safety programs
In a food plant, the thermometer on the cook step, the scale on the packing line and the probe in the cooler all back a food safety decision. The FSMA preventive controls rule lists calibration of process monitoring and verification instruments as a verification activity. USDA HACCP verification includes it too. SQF, BRCGS and FSSC 22000 auditors check that each device is identified, calibrated and acted on when it fails. Axiospec keeps every device in one list on its own interval and records each calibration with its readings and certificate, so your auditors and your preventive controls qualified individual can follow the record.
Standards that apply in Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Calibration challenges in Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Devices on very different schedules
Pasteurizer thermometers are tested at least every three months under the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance. Retort temperature devices are checked against a traceable reference at least once a year under 21 CFR 113.40. SQF asks for a list of every device that needs calibration. Keeping each one on its own due date is where spreadsheets slip.
Product measured by a failed device
When a thermometer or scale fails a check, SQF and BRCGS expect action on the product it measured since its last good check. Working that out is slow when calibration dates sit in one file and production records in another.
Calibration records need a reviewer
Under FSMA, calibration records are reviewed by or under the oversight of a preventive controls qualified individual (21 CFR 117.165). USDA HACCP records carry the date, the time and the initials of the person who made each entry (9 CFR 417.5).
Scales and checkweighers are in scope
FSSC 22000 asks for a program to calibrate and verify the equipment used for quality and quantity control, including weight and volume (Part 2, 2.5.9 b, in versions 6 and 7). Scales that were treated as production tools now need calibration records too.
Records an inspector can get quickly
FSMA records are kept for at least two years and, when stored offsite, must be available within 24 hours of a request (21 CFR 117.315). Retort accuracy records have set fields, including any adjustment made and the next due date (21 CFR 113.100).
How Axiospec helps Food and Beverage Manufacturing teams
Every device on its own interval
Set an interval in days, months or years for each thermometer, probe, scale, metal detector or pH meter. The Due Calendar shows what is due, due soon and overdue, with reminders, so a quarterly pasteurizer test and a yearly retort check sit in the same list.
Readings, results and certificates together
Log as-found and as-left readings and Axiospec checks them against tolerance. Attach the outside lab's certificate to the calibration, and each record keeps the reference standard behind it.
Records your reviewer can sign
Every entry is time-stamped and tied to the person who made it, on a tamper-evident audit trail. E-signatures and optional maker and checker approval give the review step a clear record.
A clear trail when a device fails
An out-of-tolerance result is flagged on the calibration, with room to record what you checked and what you did about the product. If a reference thermometer turns out to be off, trace it to every calibration it stood behind.
Status where the equipment is
Print a QR label for each instrument. Your team scans it to open the instrument's record. Technicians log a check from the native iOS and Android apps without going back to a desk.
An easy start, free for small programs
Import your equipment list from Excel or CSV, or send us what you have in any format and we load it for you at no cost, usually within a couple of business days. The Free plan covers up to 50 active instruments with unlimited users.
Food and Beverage Manufacturing calibration software: common questions
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Does FSMA require calibration software?
No. 21 CFR 117.165 lists calibration of process monitoring and verification instruments, or checking them for accuracy, as a verification activity where appropriate, and 117.190 asks for records of it. Neither names a tool. Software helps keep those records complete, reviewed and quick to produce. Conformance is decided by FDA and your auditors.
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Can Axiospec handle short checks as well as yearly calibrations?
Yes. Each instrument has its own interval in days, months or years, so a device checked every few days and one calibrated once a year sit in the same list, each with its own due date and reminders.
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Does Axiospec make us SQF, BRCGS or FSSC 22000 compliant?
No. Axiospec keeps device records those schemes look for, such as each device's identity, interval, results against a traceable reference, certificate and the action taken when it fails. Your certification body decides conformance, not the software.
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Is there a free way to try Axiospec?
Yes. The live demo opens a working calibration record with no signup and no credit card. A new workspace takes no card and runs on Professional for its first 45 days, so you can load your own equipment, and the Free plan then covers up to 50 active instruments with unlimited users and no per-seat fee.
Axiospec is a documentation and workflow tool. It helps Food and Beverage Manufacturing teams produce clean, traceable, audit-ready calibration records; certification and conformance depend on your own processes, scope, and assessor.
Audit-ready from day one
Each instrument gets a tamper-evident calibration record.
Got a gage list? Send it over and we load it for you, usually in a couple of business days. Free on every plan.
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